On The Fly: Greenwich Resident Wins Authentic Red Sox World Series Rings

The Red Sox Foundation raised $620,238 in a raffle of World Series rings with the grand prize winner being William D. Forrest of Greenwich, who gets a set of authentic rings from 2004, 2007, and 2013. He may live in Yankees territory, but he is from Maine and a lifelong Sox fan. ... The Yankees and Red Sox begin a three-game series at Fenway Friday. Hey, there is still passion in that rivalry but as far as hatred goes, it seems to be Rays-Sox. All this David Ortiz-Chris Archer banter because Ortiz admired his home run and flung his bat fuels the feelings. Can't wait for the four-game series in Tampa that starts Aug. 29. ... Melky Cabrera's three-run shot that left Fenway Monday night broke a windshield, but the Sox season was shattered long before that. ... May 29, 1995: Derek Jeter's debut. July 29, 2014: He wakes up ahead of Yaz on the all-time hit list.

Rob Ambrose, an assistant to Randy Edsall when Edsall was head coach at UConn, said recruits no longer want to go to Maryland, they want to go to Towson, located in Baltimore County. Edsall brushed it off Monday at Big Ten media day ("I don't worry about what other people think"), the smart thing to do. Edsall's team is in one of the powerhouse football conferences. Ambrose has done great work at Towson, but it is FCS football, a step below FBS. Towson, by the way, opens at home Aug. 30 vs Central Connecticut in coach PeteRossomando's debut for the Blue Devils. ... Tweet from our very own Jeff Jacobs Tuesday in Newport, R.I.: "OK, the American Athletic Conference media day in same ballroom as my 15th high school reunion." He didn't tell us how many years ago, though. ... UConn football is picked ninth in the AAC, tied with Tulane.

Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were at the Byron Scott press conference Tuesday as he was officially introduced as Lakers coach. It will take some magic for Scott to get the Lakers back to where they were. The Lakers are like the Yankees: you have to win it all. ... The Sun, who lost Tuesday, are 1-12 when trailing at the half. ... Giants running back David Wilson, who had neck surgery after being hurt in an October game last season, left practice with what coach Tom Coughlin described as a burner in his neck. Doesn't sound good. ... It isn't really sports, but maybe, kinda, sort of; I got sucked in on the LA Times' website by this: "a tennis court, basketball court and two putting greens (that's just the backyard)." Come to find out, it's Garth Brooks and Trish Underwood's Malibu crib up for sale at $7.5 mil. Check is in the mail.